The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-08-22

City, last week, to discuss the situation of
that region, and endeavor to induce some
body TO build railroad there.
James O. Andrews, of Cedar Key, has
declined the appointment of Supervisor OF
Registration, and DR.. R. H. McIlvaine has
been recommended for the vacancy.
r. c. Moore sent in his resignation as
County Commissioner of Volusia to the
Governor on Wednesday. Clark RosseUter
will undoubtedly be appointed TO fill the va
cancy.
The Bruces are making n success of their
cigar mandatory at Quincy. This bust
ness will, if properly managed, bring an
immense amount of money into Gadsden
| county.
A big dinner will be served at Maclenny
! Sept. for every man, woman and child in
| Baker county. After the white people have
eaten, the colored people will be served with
| all they can eat
County Commissioner r. c. Moore, of
Enterprise, brought down fine buck deer
early Monday morning five miles east of
Enterprise. In the past six years Mr..
Moore has killed 100 deer in that section.
Quincy Herald: Some of our farmers are
complaining Of rust in their cotton, and we
hear of some fields having caterpillars, but
we are inclined to think that as O general
thing, our planters will harvest a fair crop.
Tuesday evening, Aug 16, Sheriff c. p.
Farnell, of Columbia county, breathed his
last, at his home near Barrsville, in the
southern portion of the county. He died
of typhoid fever, and was sick but a few
days.
Hon. d. NJ. Hinson, on last Tuesday,
brought into Quincy two bales of cotton,
weighing 993 pounds. These bales are the
first of this season, and sold for 916c. per
pound. Mr.. Z. Kaufman was the pur-
chaser.
Preparations for the erection of brick
making machinery have been commenced,
under the superiptendence of Col. Wright,
at Green Cove Springs. The yard will be
located near the station of the Jacksonville,
Tampa and Key West road.
Plans are being prepared by B. II. Enos,
the architect for the Palatka Heights Acad-
envy. AS soon as they are completed and
accepted by the Town Council, work on the
building will be commenced, and it is ex-
pected to be ready for the opening of school
by Nov. |, at the latest.
1t is rlmored that Gov Perry has dug
up the Ratchet and declared war against the
Justices of the Peace in ell the counties. 1t
is said the resignation of Judge de RiobOo,
of Pensacola, has been asked for, and other
gentlemen are expecting daily to receive
their official decapitation notice.
Two alligator hunters came down the
skins of fifty saurians they had slain the
night before. These skins were sailed and
will be packed away until they are ready to
be shipped North. The nights work will
probably net the hunters something over
800.
Gus billiard, of Emporia, bought a new
tin pan last Saturday, which he left in front
of the store, where the sun was shining
brightly, for a few minutes while he trans
Dfh hnsin no ant
to get the pan, he found that one of the
handles had fallen off, the heat from the
sun having melted the solder.
Blaine Bros. have commenced the erection
of their car works at the junction of the
Jacksonville, Tampa and Key West road
with the MeroSe road, and a side track,
with third rail on the former track, will
be laid down as soon as required. The
schooner Gertie Richardson, of 300, 900 feet
capacity, arrived on Thursday to take cargo
for the firm to Northern port.
Wagon loads of LeConte pears are brought
in from the surrounding country and offered
for sale on the streets of Lake City almost
daily, and they find very ready market at
81 per bushel There is q good profit in
them at this price, as the trees are very pro-
life bearers. Those through that section
are just beginning to bear, and add another
to Columbia county'j varied sources of
revenue.
A petition is being circulated among the
citizens of New Smyrna and those residing
on the road to Daytona to have the route
opened from the residence of G. G.. Jones
across the head of Turnbull Bay, joining
the hummock road leading from New Smyr-
ma to the Rock House This will shorten
the distance to Daytona about three miles
and will be of vast benefit to those living in
the vicinity Of Turnbull Bay, who are now
1 Ill Ill. ~
near Glencoe in order to reach New Smyr-
na.
At DeFuniak Springs Thursday, William
johnson, young white man living with
Henry Laird, stole the pocketbook Of Mr.
Laird and undertook to make his escape
with it. He succeeded in reaching Argyle
early Friday morning, and was laying i'll a
| supply of dry goods when son of Laird
| overlook him and carried him back home
He acknowledged taking the money, and
gave it up. He was taken to DeFuniak
| Springs and given a trial before Esquire
Dan Mcleod. He plead guilty, and was
| carried to the Milton Jail in default OF bond.
G.. r. Pitzer has been dismissed from his
Office as postmaster, and Mr.. Milton Bryan
has been appointed in his stead. Mr.. Bryan
is one of New SmyTna's most highly re-
spectei young men, The appointment
comes to him unsought, and he will not ac-
III ~
| petition is i'll circulation among our citizens,
asking that Mr.. Pitzer be retained, and it is
being extensively signed. No word of COM
plaint against Mr.. Pitzer, either as an Off
cal or as citizen, has ever been heard.
He has built and fitted up, at his own ex-
| pense. a neat and commodious building to
be used as post office, and has been dis
missed without any notification of charges
brought against him.
At DeFmiak Springs, Thursday. the drug
store of Messrs. Alfred s. McSwain was
struck by lightning and considerably dam
aged. There were several gentlemen in the
house at the time, some of whom were
struck and barely escaped being killed.
| Those who were hurt are as follows: Dr.
| |. =. Alfred. John G. Chisholm. L. f. Coch-
ran, Will c. Shugart and j. b. MclIlwain
The first four were sitting on the gallery in
| front of the house, near the corner of the
building, except Mr.. Cochran, who was
| just on the inside, sitting by the window, at
work on watch. Mr.. McElwain was
standing about eight feet from the railroad
track, II distance of about forty feet from
! the drug store. Mr.. Cochran was consider
ably shocked, and burned in several places
AT first, it was thought he was dangerously
hurt but the attention of friends soon re-
stored him. Mr.. Chisholm sustained the
| greatest injury of any one, and was
thought to have been fatally injured. He